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- From what I've read here, I'd say that I can see two solutions that
would be good. (here come the flames)

1. Use a SMD PIC on a small board with osciallator built in, and ICD
socket built in, and add pins so that it can be used as a 40-pin or
28-pin wide DIP, depending on which PIC is chosen.

2.Use a ZIF socketed through-hole PIC on its own ICD/programmer with
a 40-pin IDC connector, and a ribbon cable to DIP connector on the
other end.  This one should support the up and comming 18F parts,
despite their current unavailability.

For either option,
If it could be made to work with a USB interface, so much the better.
 IEEE1394 would be even better, but there is limited support for
that, as far as I have found.  Failing USB/IEEE1394, RS-232 is the
next best thing.  Power supply should be integrated.  As to
switches/LEDs/LCDs etc.  They are unnecessary, but nice to have.

My $0.02

- --Brendan

P.S. I'm interested in helping however I can.  I'm in western Canada,
for the sake of working out distributors.

P.P.S.  When CUMP is finished, this project could, perhaps, be
adapted to use CUMP as a helpful base.

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